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Pilot parachutes to safety after Thunderbird crashes [Colorado]
http://www.kktv.com/content/news/Reports-of-plane-crash-south-of-Colorado-Springs-airport-381683861.html ^

Posted on 06/02/2016 1:06:14 PM PDT by DesertRhino

Local news reporting a Thunderbird crashed and the pilot safely ejected.


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: aerospace; airforceacademy; co; colorado; eject; f16; fightingfalcon; planecrash; thunderbirds; usaf; usairforce
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To: central_va

Why bring Loretta Fuddy into this?


21 posted on 06/02/2016 1:29:33 PM PDT by BykrBayb (Lung cancer free since 11/9/07. Colon cancer free since 7/7/15. ~ Þ)
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To: Red Steel

For those who don’t know, in the first photo, Cheyenne Mountain is just to the left of the parachute. The second photo features Pikes Peak.


22 posted on 06/02/2016 1:30:07 PM PDT by jimtorr
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To: DesertRhino
IN ADDITION TO THAT... a Navy Blue Angel jet has now also crashed near Smyrna, Tennessee this afternoon.

No word yet on the condition of this pilot.

Source link.

23 posted on 06/02/2016 1:30:49 PM PDT by alancarp (George Orwell was an optimist.)
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To: central_va
If a plane crashes on an international border where do you bury the survivors?

If they're mexicans, you send the survivors to the US........

24 posted on 06/02/2016 1:30:59 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (My only regret in life is being too young to get to know my grandfathers before they died)
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To: Red Steel

Wow! That is the jet in the field? Looks like they can repair that one or use it for spare parts since oturdburgler won’t buy the military any spare parts.


25 posted on 06/02/2016 1:31:09 PM PDT by US_MilitaryRules (The last suit you wear has no pockets!)
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To: DesertRhino

I guess he was Tuff Enuff


26 posted on 06/02/2016 1:31:13 PM PDT by LukeL
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To: Cementjungle

Hell, I didn’t write the headline!


27 posted on 06/02/2016 1:32:26 PM PDT by DesertRhino ("I want those feeble minded asses overthrown,,,")
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To: DesertRhino
I'm glad our pilot is safe!
28 posted on 06/02/2016 1:33:24 PM PDT by 4yearlurker (We have leaped off the cliff toward madness and we are still falling...)
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To: SuperLuminal

The airframe looks salvageable, no fire, so I’m going with your first call - no mo fuel in da tank!


29 posted on 06/02/2016 1:37:11 PM PDT by Henchster (Free Republic - the BEST site on the web!)
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To: DesertRhino
I love it when our FReeper family members find the crazy stupid things buried in the headlines. I usually read right past them, I don't see the foolishness of the writer/editor and then a teammate of ours points it out. They make me laugh, some are so bad I can't believe I read right past them....
30 posted on 06/02/2016 1:37:45 PM PDT by GizzyGirl
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To: US_MilitaryRules
Yeah it looks so.


31 posted on 06/02/2016 1:37:53 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: dynachrome; MileHi; Balata; bboop; Benito Cereno; BulletBobCo; Carley; ColoCowgirl; ...

Colorado Ping ( Let me know if you wish to be added or removed from the list.)


32 posted on 06/02/2016 1:40:30 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: central_va

I know, I know, see Commerce Secretary Ron Brown


33 posted on 06/02/2016 1:42:26 PM PDT by eyeamok
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To: central_va

If the survivors are liberals, democrats or progressives it doesn’t matter. As long as you bury them real deep!


34 posted on 06/02/2016 1:42:40 PM PDT by rfreedom4u (The root word of vigilante is vigilant!)
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To: GizzyGirl

I don’t see the foolishness of the writer/editor and then a teammate of ours points it out

Pretty common nowadays, hell I see STREET SIGNS, Freeway Off ramps, spelled wrong. It is all over TV also, the education level of this country is abysmal, The no teeth, inbred, folks from the Appalachians 100 years ago were much more educated than the Average Public School Gradjyouit


35 posted on 06/02/2016 1:47:08 PM PDT by eyeamok
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To: Red Steel

Look how close the jet is to the pilot. Must have been really LOW.


36 posted on 06/02/2016 1:51:23 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: Red Steel

Reminds me of this:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornfield_Bomber


37 posted on 06/02/2016 1:51:47 PM PDT by GreenLanternCorps (Hi! I'm the Dread Pirate Roberts! (TM) Ask about franchise opportunities in your area.)
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To: BykrBayb

Maybe the plane hit the ground before the pilot in his parachute landed?


38 posted on 06/02/2016 1:53:38 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: butlerweave

That’s what I was saying on another thread.


39 posted on 06/02/2016 1:53:44 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: Cementjungle

Yes, that’s usually the best way.......:)


40 posted on 06/02/2016 1:54:34 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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